Pen & Pencil Holder

If you’re looking to gift Dad something special and useful this Father’s Day, then this is the perfect gift! Let kids get crafty and make Dad a special pen holder that’s going to sit pretty on his desk at work. Father’s day crafts for kids are a great way to keep the little ones busy in the summer and to encourage them to get creative as well!

What You Will Need:

Craft sticks (about 35 – 40 at least)

Paints of different colors + paint brush

A pair of scissors

Glue

A piece of sponge or foam or anything else that could serve as the base of the pen holder

Directions:

The first step is to decide what colors you’d like to use! We zeroed in on a nice bright red, and white

Line up your craft sticks. You will need 6 craft sticks per side. Paint half the sticks red and the other half white. We got a little carried away with our creativity and added nice little red spots on white sticks and white dots on the red sticks.

On one side, write the words ‘HAPPY, ‘FATHER’S’, and ‘DAY’ with black paint on the white sticks.

To glue the sticks together, take one set of 6 craft sticks (alternating the white and red sticks) and line them up. Take another craft stick and stick it horizontally across the back of all 6 crafts sticks. (You can cut the extra bits of this craft stick after gluing on the sticks).

Use glue and stick the 4 sets of sticks together such that they form a box. See image below.

Put a piece of sponge, cut to the size of the base, in the pen holder. Congratulations! You have made your very own pen and pencil holder. Looks pretty, doesn’t it?